Who did what Section A: Heaton A 84 Farnworth District Vets 102; Little Lever XI 185 Nationwide XI 115; Aspull Ladies XI 141 Prices A 127; Darcy Lever A 137 Rupert Ladies A 78; Heaton XI 171 Darcy Lever B 113. Section B: Parceline Ladies 128 Newtrend
Who plays where Section A: Tue Aug 19: Little Lever XI v Rupert Ladies A (R Moffat), Nationwide XI v Prices A (I Dodd). Section B: Wed: Apollo Ladies v Parceline Ladies (M Draper), Imago v Rapid Taxis XI (E Barlow); Mon Aug 18: Parceline Ladies v Westside
BOLTON sprinter Amy Spencer has been selected in the British squad for the World Championships which start in Paris on August 23. The former Bolton School student is one of seven athletes in the 4x400m squad.
EXPERTS are facing a race against time to bring an ancient Egyptian statuette of Tutankhamun's step sister to Bolton Museum. Curators have hailed the chance of buying the 3,300-year-old sculpture -- believed to best of its kind in the world -- as a "once
BOLTON METRO COMMUNITY CENTRES - For further information or to book a room please call 01204 334300 BLACKROD COMMUNITY CENTRE, Greenbarn Way, off Vicarage Road, Blackrod, BL6 5TA The centre houses a main hall with a stage and a side lounge. Other facilities
BOLTON MUSEUM, ART GALLERY & AQUARIUM, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton. Tel: 332211. www.boltonmuseums.org.uk Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. Admission free. Exhibitions Celebrating Boxes - runs until August 30 This summer at Bolton Museum & Art
BOLTON METRO COMMUNITY CENTRES - For further information or to book a room please call 01204 334300 BLACKROD COMMUNITY CENTRE, Greenbarn Way, off Vicarage Road, Blackrod, BL6 5TA The centre houses a main hall with a stage and a side lounge. Other facilities
BOLTON EXCEL, Lower Bridgeman Street, Bolton, tel: 334456. DEANE COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Junction Road, Deane, Bolton, tel: 334432. LITTLE LEVER COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Church Street, Little Lever, tel: 334177. SHARPLES COMMUNITY LEISURE CENTRE, Hill
MARK Patterson will name an unchanged 11 on Wednesday night as he takes his RMI side to Accrington Stanley. The Railwaymen are looking to add the scalp of the Conference new boys to their shock opening day defeat of Dagenham and Redbridge. "We did well
Wigan Athletic 2 Hull City 0: LATICS aces Lee McCulloch and Jason Jarrett hit the goals which saw off Third Division favourites Hull in the Carling Cup. McCulloch opened the scoring in the ninth minute when, after being released by Andy Liddell, he slotted
Tranmere 1 Bury 0 by Richard Mulligan: LEE Connell summed up the feelings of all involved with the Shakers when he asked: "Are we going to get any luck this season, or what?" The omens are not good on that front, with a goal conceded in the last minute
From the Evening News, August 12, 1903: LEVER'S YZ (Wise Head) Royal Disinfectant Soap Powder. A soluble soap powder with which a powerful disinfectant and deodoriser has been incorporated. YZ may be used in powder or solution. Sprinkle it about where
AN action-packed programme of events, as well as an appearance by one of Coronation Street's top stars, is planned for this year's Adlington Carnival. Corner shop Casanova Dev Alahan, played by actor Jimmi Harkishin, will be on the Jubilee playing fields
HORWICH is celebrating the resounding success of this year's Horwich in Bloom gardening competition. More than 100 entries competed in six main categories, with winners chosen for their creative use of space, diversity of plants and vibrancy of colour
A 98-year-old Oldham woman was robbed by a woman and two children as she sat in the sun outside her house. The pensioner was sitting by her front doorstep on Milne Road in Chadderton at about 4.30pm on Monday when she was approached by a woman and two
THIS month's Bolton Festival will include screening of a trio of movie classics at Bolton School Arts Centre. The 1930s classic The Blue Angel will kick off the events on Tuesday, August 26, Singing In The Rain follows on Wednesday, August 27, and Satyajit
YOU may have seen in the Bolton Evening News recently that an exhibition at Smithills Hall tells the history of the Co-operative Society. In conjunction with the exhibition is a series of Co-op lectures, being held at the hall, and you may want to put
This summer at Bolton Museum & Art Gallery we are Celebrating Boxes with a major international exhibition, bringing together the breathtaking skill and inventiveness of over 60 box-makers from Britain, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia
CHILDREN aged 10 to 16 are being invited to audition for The Best of Broadway, a professional show being staged at the Preston Guild Hall in aid of charity. The show features songs from musicals such as Rent, The Lion King, and Joseph and the Technicolor
THERE are various ways of watching soccer which do not actually include paying your dosh and going to the games writes Chris Sudlow You can watch on terrestial TV for free (apart from licence fee!), satellite and cable at home, and in the pub. But how
TURTON Tower will be the venue for an open air musical version of Wind in the Willows this Friday and Saturday. The production will tell the classic story of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger trying to overcome the evil ferrets, weasels and stoats who threaten
MYTHAM Ladies became holders of the Pike Shield when they beat Church Inners 178-174 in a closely-fought final at Eagley Cricket Club. Church Inners scored 82 in their first innings with Karen Riley, 17, Sara McNulty, 15, Jackie Rodgers, 15 and Tracy
SUBHASH and Bipin Kotecha are spicing up Bolton's eating habits with their latest business venture. The pair, who arrived in Bolton from Uganda in the mid 1970's, have set up the Indian eaterie Spice Valley in the Valley, on Water's Meet Road. They say
IT'S official. Having a fabulous body does not stop you from suffering romantic heartache. The two most famous derrieres on the planet belong to Jennifer Lopez and Kylie Minogue. Most women would love to have J-Lo's sumptuous curves or Kylie's pert rear
I WONDER if readers are aware of the fact that, if the EU Commission gets its way and rationalises VAT across the European Union, certain goods including children's clothing, industrial hard hats, safety boots and motorcycle helmets will lose their zero-rating
THE recent reports in the BEN, and correspondence through your columns, about whether Bolton should take over Chorley is interesting for two reasons. Firstly it is indicative of how the government, in its haste to break up the United Kingdom by seeking
A FEW weeks ago, talking about a reunion at George Tomlinson School at Farnworth, a reader said he was not aware of any photograph taken of a class for the year when the school opened. As as happened regularly in this column, you don't say things like
1704: The Battle of Blenheim took place in Germany, in which Anglo-Austrian forces under Marlborough and Prince Eugene defeated the French and Bavarian armies. 1860: Annie Oakley, marksman who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, was born. Nicknamed
From the Evening News, August 13, 1903: A RATHER respectable looking man, James Parkinson, 17, Junction-rd., Lostock, appeared in the dock at the Town Hall this morning, and was fined 5s (25p) and costs for being drunk and disorderly in Deansgate on Tuesday
A FATHER of two has died after turning himself into a human torch while his wife and children were at a family wedding. Firefighters forced their way into the house in Nottingham Drive, Halliwell, and found 33-year-old Maqsood Hajee alight. Minutes later
THERE are various ways of watching soccer which do not actually include paying your dosh and going to the games writes Chris Sudlow You can watch on terrestial TV for free (apart from licence fee!), satellite and cable at home, and in the pub. But how
A SUMMER touring the hot spots of the Americas would be bliss for those of us who fancy the Alan Whicker lifestyle. Miami, Mexico City, Kingston ... a traveller's idea of paradise. But for Ricardo Gardner it was business ... hot, sweltering business in
PENDLE Hill is almost, but not quite, a mountain and from its 1,831ft summit there are spectacular views. To the west, Blackpool Tower can often be seen but much closer is the rolling scenery of the Ribble Valley. From the eastern slopes rises Pendle
THIS walk links the hills and valleys of mediaeval Pendle Forest, a secretive district forever linked with 17th century witchcraft. The villages of Barley, Newchurch and Roughlee were once plagued by superstition and odd tales of local witches like Old
WHATEVER the winning design to revamp Bolton's Market Hall, it must keep the building's original flavour. As one stallholder pointed out, the new design must not be too modern or it will look like every other shopping centre. The building, with its Victorian
TOWN centre VJ Day memorial commemorations will begin at 11am on Friday August 15. A service will be held in Victoria Square to remember and honour those who fought and died during the Second World War. Members of the Bolton and District Combined Ex-servicemen
A COUPLE were injured when their car went out of control and careered down an embankment on the southbound M61 near Junction 6 at Horwich. The man and woman were helped from the car by residents of a nearby farm and taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital
PEOPLE are being urged to sign up to take part in this year's World's Biggest Coffee Morning on Friday, September 26. Thousands of cups of coffee look set to be drunk, raising cash for Macmillan Cancer Relief in what is the charity's most successful fund-raising
A MAJOR road plan set to affect traffic in Westhoughton and Leigh is facing a further hold-up after opponents demanded a public inquiry. Work on the troubled A5225 -- which is intended to link the M6 and M61 -- could be delayed beyond the proposed 2005
AN ELDERLY woman died of a brain haemorrhage after falling in her house, an inquest was told. Joyce Robinson, aged 78, fell while she was walking to the bathroom. Her husband George was woken by a loud crash early in the morning on January 16 and found
PLANS to build a 40ft high mobile phone mast in Blackrod have been recommended for refusal. Blackrod Town Council said the application by Vodafone to erect a communications mast at Longworth Farm, Harrison Crescent, be refused because it would be in green
BOLTON Council have approved plans for a distribution centre which were turned down by local councillors last week. Planning chiefs overturned the Westhoughton Town Council decision to block proposals by insurance giants Prudential to build an 18-metre
THE wife of loyalist terrorist Johnny "Mad Dog" Adair was due to start her legal battle today for a council house in Bolton. Gina Adair is challenging Bolton Council's decision to turn down her application for a home in the town. A two-day hearing was
THOUSANDS of Bolton teenagers are anxiously awaiting the release of their A-level exam results tomorrow. Students across the borough will be nervously opening their envelopes to discover whether they have the grades they hoped for. Bolton education experts
A WOMAN has been left heartbroken after thieves stole flowers and plants from her family grave. Linda Clelland, aged 51, was also distraught when she saw that the memorial at Astley Bridge cemetery had been vandalised. Two weeks ago she had spent three
POLICE chiefs in Bolton are on the lookout for the most dedicated and caring youngsters from Greater Manchester to compete in the annual Young Citizen of the Year award. The award, sponsored by Barclays, recognises young people who give up their time
AN action-packed programme of events, as well as an appearance by one of Coronation Street's top stars, is planned for this year's Adlington Carnival. Corner shop Casanova Dev Alahan, played by actor Jimmi Harkishin, will be on the Jubilee playing fields
BOLTON Wanderers reserve team are play their home games at the Lancashire Football Association headquarters in Leyland this season. Admission prices for the ground will be £3 with £1 concessions, £4 for stand and ground with £2 concessions. Tickets are
How they stand SECTION A P W D L Pt Darcy Lever C&SC A... 15 13 0 2 26 Little Lever XI... 15 13 0 2 26 Rupert Lds A... 15 13 0 2 26 Aspull Lds XI... 15 8 0 7 16 Nationwide XI... 15 8 0 7 16 Darcy Lever C&SC B... 15 6 0 9 12 Heaton CC A... 15 5
YOU may have seen in the Bolton Evening News recently that an exhibition at Smithills Hall tells the history of the Co-operative Society. In conjunction with the exhibition is a series of Co-op lectures, being held at the hall, and you may want to put
BEGINNERS LINE-DANCING, Beesley Green Community Centre, Greenleach Lane, Worsley, 1pm-3pm.. Details 0161 950 1711. RJ'S MAJORETTES, Somerset Road Church, 4.30pm-8.30pm. Tel: 491707. IRISH DANCING LESSONS, classes for 3 to 15 year olds, St Edmunds Church
THERE'S still time to tone up for the summer and start a new fitness routine that will leave you fit and healthy. Turton Community Leisure Centre offers the perfect way to get in shape. Why not join in the free taster session next Wednesday from 8.30pm
WIGAN Warriors ace Adrian Lam could be set for a dramatic early comeback in time for the crucial clash with Leeds Rhinos on Friday. The club's most influential playmaker was last week ruled out for the rest of the month after picking up an ankle injury
MADISON Shaw -- the little girl who is to get a lollipop pink wheelchair thanks to Bolton Evening News readers -- is back home from hospital after a health scare. The three-year-old, who suffers from the life-threatening condition Spinal Muscular Atrophy
NEW books available to borrow - August Fiction: Paying the Price by Janie Bolitho The Moment She Was Gone by Evan Hunter Hell to Pay by Shaun Hufson A Market For Murder by Rebecca Tope Mr Golightly's Holiday by Salley Vickers Non-Fiction: Barry Sheene
Karen Stephen talks to Stella Morris, owner of Sweetens book shop on Deansgate, Bolton Stella Morris sits in what once was a bedroom of the old King's Arms pub. The inn had been a popular drinking place since the 1700s until it closed its doors in 1962
YOU always know Adlington Carnival is on its way when rows of multi-coloured bunting appear in the village. For 20 years, the job of making the village look the part for the annual festival has belonged to mother-of three Wendy Hetherington. Wendy, of
RSPCA officers have been inundated with calls from Bolton Evening News readers moved by the plight of five puppies left to die in a closed box during the heatwave. The animal charity has received dozens of calls offering the pups a home since they were
EXPERTS are facing a race against time to bring an ancient Egyptian statuette of Tutankhamun's step sister to Bolton Museum. Curators have hailed the chance of buying the 3,300-year-old sculpture -- believed to best of its kind in the world -- as a "once
A TASTE of Europe is coming to Salford Quays this weekend with the area's first ever continental market. More than 50 stalls will feature French wines, German beers, meats, cheeses, crepes, oils and preserves. Food and produce from countries including
GRUMPY householders are now moving children away from playing near them, according to a new report. Unfortunately, they could be driving youngsters towards becoming housebound couch potatoes instead. As kids have become cheekier, we have become far less
THE plan to create a bar and restaurant in Moss Bank Park sounds as if it hasn't been properly thought through. Although it would create around 20 jobs, it would also upset some local residents worried about increased noise and litter nearby. The bar
SUNSHINE may well make everything look much better but the floral displays around Bolton are dazzling even on a dull day. They brighten up our parks and roundabouts and are a real credit to the town's Environmental Services department and its staff. Look
MR Isherwood certainly said it better than I could! However, I would like to say that I would like to see the guilty who are being held, brought out in batches of 50 and shot! Perhaps a display such as this would deter those who feel there is an "Open
I HAVE never written to a newspaper before. But I was compelled to do so in regards to the tragic death of Dr Dawn Harris. To my family and I, and I suspect to all her patients, she was more than the best doctor in the world, she was a friend and our
HERE we go again! The ugly head of the A5225 has popped up for the umpteenth time yet again! This is Wigan Council's doing, spearheaded by the likes of Neil Turner and co. We Howfeners should not be taken in by them and some of our fence-sitting councillors
IT'S fine and dandy for Chris Murphy (Coinslot International) in Letters on July 5 to talk about the Bolton Evening News "taking the moral high ground" with its customers. If he sees gambling as socially acceptable, then will his company find it socially
MY recent pictures of dance bands of years gone by have brought a letter from Mr George Butler, of Manor Road, Clayton Le Woods, near Chorley, who tells me that in 1935, when he was 15 and working in Deansgate at No. 19, the Donegal Tailors, as a junior
THE Bolton Association's dreams of taking the MEN Junior Inter League title failed at the final hurdle. Saddleworth took the prize after Bolton's run chase fell 48 short of success, despite a man of the match performance from Atherton's Paul Keenan, who
SAM Allardyce has scored a decisive victory in his first club versus country battle over Jay-Jay Okocha. Just five days after the Nigerian FA insisted on the Reebok ace flying to Tokyo for next Wednesday's friendly international match against Japan, Okocha
THE heat or some rare brain virus may be to blame, but I'm beginning to warm to Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell. He treats all the contestants on this latest series very even-handedly. In other words, the girls leave in tears and the blokes are pale and uncertain
REMEMBER Malham from your school field trips? It has the finest examples of natural limestone features to be found in the north of England. It is also a popular port of call for groups of geography students investigating the processes of weathering and
IF you have ever driven up the road from Windermere towards the Kirkstone Pass Inn, the highest pub in Lakeland, you will have spotted the dramatic ridge of hills that are the destination for this week's walk. The intriguingly named Yoke, Ill Bell and
THIS walk through the lanes of rural Lancashire is a spiritual pilgrimage to the Lancashire Martyr, Saint Edmund Arrowsmith. Born in Haydock in 1585, the Jesuit Edmund preached outlawed masses in the staunchly Catholic secret houses of the hill country
THE link between Hormone Replacement Therapy and increased risk of breast cancer may well be accurate. But, while the latest findings will frighten thousands of local women taking HRT, I wouldn't bet on many giving it up. It probably makes no sense, but
WOULDN'T it be nice to think that Arnold Schwarzenegger had been successfully hiding a towering intellect and unusually sharp political acumen all these years? Unfortunately, Conan the Terminator is probably all there is. But that should not stop Arnie
THOUSANDS of Bolton teenagers are anxiously awaiting the release of their A-level exam results on Thursday. Students across the borough will be nervously opening their envelopes to discover whether they have the results they hoped for. Bolton education
A MAN, aged 21, accused of murdering a five-week-old baby has been allowed conditional bail while his case is sent to Manchester Crown Court. Andrew James Ashurst, of Formby Avenue, Atherton, is charged with murdering Leah Marie Aldridge on December 23
A MAN aged 21 was due to appear in court today charged with the murder of his five-week-old daughter. Leah Aldridge was admitted to the accident and emergency department at the Royal Bolton Hospital with breathing difficulties last year. She was taken
A NEW kids' club is proving so popular, the organisers are appealing for more volunteers to help out. The club, which meets on Thursdays from 5pm to 7.30pm at the Church of the Nazarene, Southend Street, Daubhill, is being run by the Nixon Triangle Residents
A TASTE of Europe is coming to Salford Quays this weekend with the area's first ever continental market. More than 50 stalls will feature French wines, German beers, meats, cheeses, crepes, oils and preserves. Food and produce from countries including
TURTON Tower will be the venue for an open air musical version of Wind in the Willows this Friday and Saturday. The production will tell the classic story of Toad, Mole, Ratty and Badger trying to overcome the evil ferrets, weasels and stoats who threaten
A POPULAR former Bolton headteacher has died at the age of 88. Harry Scholes was in charge at Lever Edge County Primary for 22 years. Before that, he was headteacher at Roscoe Fold primary school. Mr Scholes served on a Navy minesweeper during the Second
Birthdate: 18/9/1973 Birthplace: Fortaleza Country: Brazil Height: 1.88m Weight: 76kg Nationality: Brazil Position: Striker Previous clubs: Vasco da Gama 1993-1994 Gremio 1995-1995 Porto 1996-2000 (Golden Boot in 1999 with 36 goals, 150 goals in 146 games
DOUBLE Golden Boot winner Mario Jardel has signed for Wanderers and pledged: "I want to be a hero in Bolton and a success in the Premier League." The deal ended a summer of frustration for manager Sam Allardyce when he landed the Sporting Lisbon striker
